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SOV-DATA-036 Sérfræðigreining Há
Fullveldi Stjórnmálalegt conference future europe qmv expansion
The Conference on the Future of Europe (concluded 9 May 2022) involved 800 randomly selected European citizens over one year and produced 325 proposals addressing 49 objectives. Key institutional proposals included: abolishing the unanimity requirement where it still applies (foreign affairs, tax, social policy), giving the European Parliament legislative initiative power (currently held exclusively by the Commission), and lowering the voting age to 16. In response, 13 EU member states (Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Czechia) issued a joint statement opposing premature treaty revision. Commission President von der Leyen expressed readiness for treaty changes, noting that 'unanimity requirement has become the exception, applying only to social policy, tax policy, and foreign affairs.'
Dagsetning 13. maí 2022
Síðast staðfest 23. mars 2026
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Brussel-vaktin (Sendiráð Íslands í Brussel) — 13. maí 2022

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The 325 proposals are recommendations, not binding commitments. Treaty change requires unanimity among member states, and 13 states oppose it — making adoption unlikely in the near term. However, the proposals signal the direction of EU institutional evolution, which is relevant to Iceland's decision about joining an evolving institution. The Nordic and Eastern European opposition bloc overlaps significantly with Iceland's traditional allies.

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PREC-DATA-039 Fordæmi

On 9 May 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron proposed a 'European Political Community' (EPC) — a structured cooperation framework for European states outside the EU, offering cooperation in security, energy, transport, investment, infrastructure, and free movement of people without requiring or implying future EU membership. The concept explicitly included states that had left the EU (i.e. the UK). Ukraine could participate without waiting for an accession process 'that could take decades.' The first EPC summit was held in Prague in October 2022 with 44 European leaders; the third was in Granada on 5 October 2023, where Icelandic PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir participated. The EPC represents an institutional alternative to full EU membership for associated European states.

 SOV-LEGAL-001 Fullveldi

50. grein sáttmálans um Evrópusambandið (TEU) veitir hverju aðildarríki rétt til að ganga úr ESB í samræmi við eigin stjórnskipunarreglur, með tveggja ára samningsfresti sem hægt er að framlengja með samhljóða samþykki ráðsins.